Farah storms to victory

Mo Farah served up another 'Super Saturday' performance for the Olympic Stadium as a devastating final lap earned him victory over 3,000 metres at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games.

The double London 2012 champion hit the front with around 500m to go and from then on there was no stopping him as he came home in seven minutes 36.85 seconds.

David Moorcroft's 31-year-old British record of 7mins 32.79secs was never on the cards - Farah said it would have taken too much out of him - but the bumper crowd which roared Farah on could not have cared less.

American Ryan Hill finished second, more than five seconds behind the Briton.

Farah was watched by his two twin daughters, born weeks after his Olympic success, and admitted it had been an "emotional" return.

"It brought back great memories of 2012," he said. "The crowd was similar to what it was at the Olympics.

"I've got my twin girls here in the stadium. At the Olympics my wife was almost giving birth in the stadium and they are here today.

"It was nice for them to come out here and see daddy win."

Farah was introduced to the crowd before the action.

His entrance was rather less spectacular than Usain Bolt's rocket ride into the stadium last night, but he was still greeted to the sight of 50,000 odd people performing his signature Mobot pose at the same time.

And his form could not be better with two weeks to go before the World Championships in Moscow, where he will go for gold over 5,000m and 10,000m.

He broke the European record over 1500m eight days ago, but claimed he could not afford to get complacent.

"There're always new guys and sometimes they are more hungry than anything else," he said.

"My experience helps me a lot, but at the same time there's always someone new.

"It's important to stay focused and win races.

"I am (the man to beat) and that's hard sometimes. Every time you race you're a marked man with an X on your back."

Over the past two years Farah's opponents have got pretty used to seeing his back. He will hope it stays that way in Moscow.